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Self-organised criticality and seismicity
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.
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2012
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| author | Boonzaaier, Leandro |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/53047 Self-organised criticality and seismicity Boonzaaier, Leandro Geyer, H. B. De Beer, Willem Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Physics. Criticality (Nuclear engineering) Induced seismicity Sandpile models Dissertations -- Physics Theses -- Physics Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis we give an overview of self-organised criticality and its application to studying seismicity. We recall some of the basic models and techniques for studying self-organised critical systems. We discuss one of these, the sandpile model, in detail and show how various properties of the model can be calculated using a matrix formulation thereof. A correspondence between self-organised critical systems and seismicity is then proposed. Finally, we consider the timeevolution of the sandpile model by using a time-to-failure analysis, originally developed in the study of seismicity and obtain results for the sandpile model that show similarities with that of the analyses of seismic data. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie tesis gee ons 'n oorsig van self-organiserende kritikaliteit en die toepassing daarvan in die studie van seismisiteit. Ons beskryf die basiese modelle en tegnieke vir die studie van self-organiserende kritiese sisteme. Ons bespreek een van hierdie, die sandhoopmodel, in besonderheid en wys hoe om verskeie eienskappe van die model te bereken deur gebruik te maak van 'n matriks-formulering daarvan. Ons stel dan 'n korrespondensie tussen self-organiserende kritiese sisteme en seismisiteit voor. Ter afsluiting ondersoek ons die tydontwikkeling van die sand hoopmodel deur gebruik te maak van 'n deurbreektyd analise wat oorspronklik in die bestudering seismiese data ontwikkel is. Die resultate vir die analise van die sandhoopmodel toon ooreenkomste met dit wat verkry word vir seismiese data. 2012-08-27T11:35:16Z 2012-08-27T11:35:16Z 2002-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53047 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 78 p.: ill. application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Criticality (Nuclear engineering) Induced seismicity Sandpile models Dissertations -- Physics Theses -- Physics Boonzaaier, Leandro Self-organised criticality and seismicity |
| title | Self-organised criticality and seismicity |
| title_full | Self-organised criticality and seismicity |
| title_fullStr | Self-organised criticality and seismicity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-organised criticality and seismicity |
| title_short | Self-organised criticality and seismicity |
| title_sort | self organised criticality and seismicity |
| topic | Criticality (Nuclear engineering) Induced seismicity Sandpile models Dissertations -- Physics Theses -- Physics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53047 |
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